Biological control of fruit flies in Hawaii: Factors affecting non-target risk analysis

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-236

  Duan, Jian Jun ^a   Messing, Russell H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological control; Ethical issues; Fruit flies; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012812362     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007456727655     Document Type: Article

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